Bullous Sweet Syndrome Associated With an Aseptic Splenic Abscess
This article has been peer reviewed and approved by Michael Fisher, MD, Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Review date: October 2009.
Drs. Klinger, Mathis, and Jackson report no conflict of interest. The authors report no discussion of off-label use. Dr. Fisher reports no conflict of interest. The staff of CCME of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cutis® have no conflicts of interest with commercial interest related directly or indirectly to this educational activity. Dr. Klinger is a dermatology resident, Dr. Mathis is a resident, and Dr. Jackson is Assistant Professor of Dermatology, all from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans.
Stephen Klinger, MD, MPH; Nicole Mathis, MD; Scott Jackson, MD
Sweet syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by fever and painful erythematous plaques containing dense dermal neutrophilic infiltrates. Extracutaneous manifestations include alveolitis, sterile osteomyelitis, and arthritis. We present a patient with a bullous presentation of Sweet syndrome who developed an aseptic splenic abscess.